What is the angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward called?
declination — (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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